there are two ways of writing about this one and it's either about the music or go deeply into comparison with a certain barbadian singer. i'm not going to spend the whole thing talking about rihanna but i do enjoy the irony of the situation. basically both rhianna & rihanna having the same first name, being robyn, and they bear a similar artistname. the comparison ends there as their fields of music were different, rihanna starting out with poppy/r&b flavoured-caribbean stylings and rhianna being in the soulful british r&b territories. rhianna also released her first single 3 years prior to rihanna and fact is, i'll stop talking about rihanna here.
i heard about this song not when it was released but a few years later and i would think it was '09 since i was really into 4hero at the time and was checking out some of their remix discography. yes, the similarities in name with said barbadian popstar was what attracted me to check the track and remix out. after perusing more into rhianna kenny's discography on discogs i also noticed that 4hero also remixed second single "word love" and so did jay denes of naked music fame. but they didn't make that much of an impression like when i heard first single "oh baby" and the 4hero remix.
what i expeted was a quaint but funky broken beat track when i though of how it would sound but it's just quaint. it's essentially a stripped down groove with guitar strums playing the chords for the song and some strings that sweep along for accentuation along some occasional synthy sounds. the tempo has been kicked but it's not that noticable, the remix seems to really focus on kenny's vocals and i don't know it really was for the club or home listening or even radio.
what it reminded me of was all those uk garage records that had all the elements of garage but were so stripped down and to a certain degree poppy. and it really failed me to see how they would ever work in a club. i can't really see myself dancing to this track even though i can hear the rhythm that is meant for moving at least one part of the body. i don't really know but i do know that i really like this song.
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